Roldán Rodríguez Iglesias (born 9 November 1984 in Valladolid) is a Spanish racing driver, who competed in the GP2 Series from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this he competed in Spanish Formula Three and various Formula 3000 categories.
Career
Formula Three
After competing in Formula Junior 1600 Spain in 2002, Rodríguez graduated to the Spanish Formula Three Championship in 2003 in remained there for the next four seasons, gradually improving to finish as series runner-up in 2006, behind Ricardo Risatti.
Nissan World Series
In 2004, Rodríguez dovetailed part-time campaigns in F3 and the Nissan World Series, in which he scored two points from nine races.
Euroseries 3000
Rodríguez drove for the MinardiEuroseries 3000 team in 2006 alongside his Spanish F3 campaign.
After initially beginning 2008 without a GP2 drive, he replaced the injured Michael Herck at Fisichella Motor Sport for the last round of the GP2 Asia Series, then kept his seat with the team for the main 2008 GP2 Series season, replacing Andy Soucek who had been expected to fill the seat.[1] He finished thirteenth in the championship, an improvement upon the previous year.
Rodríguez tested for Minardi during the 2005 season at the circuit of Vallelunga (Italy).[3]
He was signed by the SpykerFormula One team as a test driver for the winter of 2007–2008.[4] Rodriguez had a test with them in the middle of the season at Silverstone.[5] During the 2008 pre-season, he was testing with Force India (former Spyker) to become an official driver,[6][7] however Rodríguez was rejected in favor of Giancarlo Fisichella[8]
He was linked with a race seat at Formula One newcomers Campos Grand Prix for 2010,[9] but has announced that he will be taking a sabbatical from motorsport instead.[10]
Racing record
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
